From: Doug Sutherland (wearable_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 2001-12-20 17:26:21
Hi Jim,
> If you use VB, then you lose me and many other Linux
> hackers who might have helped.
I'm with you on Linux dev. If people want to write VB
code, that's okay too.
> Some time ago I mentioned SDL
Yeah SDL looks interesting. Some of my however will be
in exploring alternative interfaces, not necessesarily
the traditional window-style output.
> you will automatically lose the entire UNIX hacker/
> open-source community if you go the VB route.
Not necessarily. I don't care if people write VB or
matlab or forth or whatever, the more the merrier.
> Maybe we need to quickly evaluate the possible
> development tools at some point
Sure, but I think some analysis of features for the
design are more important first. What contitutes
good EEG software? How do we support various training
protocols? I'm going to look at software for WavRider,
Procomp, etc and do some analysis. If there are NF
people here, we could use help in specifications ...
> On USB: yes, USB is nice, but I don't have USB on
> all my machines, and USB would be no good for stuff
> like what Doug is doing with his wearable computing.
USB is a PITA to implement. Actually it will work
with wearables, I have built-in dual USB hub on my
wearable, but I don't think it's worth implementing
for EEG, and I think it's less flexible. RS232 is
the most common protocol around.
> I've seen USB<->serial adapters available (a quick
> search shows prices around $30). They will come
> with drivers, which takes care of all those problems.
Yes, I have a keyspan USB serial adapter working with
my wearable on linux. It only works at low speed tho,
perhaps that has changed recently. I'm sure we can
find USB serial adapters that work well on both
linux and windows for cheap. I also have that twiddler
keyboard mouse working on USB on linux.
-- Doug
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